Leadership is the most important factor in true business success…..Great Leaders will enable a doubling of Profits .
The South African marketplace is truly Brutaful( Brutal AND Beautiful) .The challenges facing our South African CEO’s in the next decade are a wonderful crucible for true leadership .As we begin our 2020 year the excitement builds in our week 5 pulse view.
SONA 2020 takeaways – emergency power procurement????????,plans to set up Sovereign Wealth Fund & State Bank????,remove Eskom obstacles????, municipality’s able to purchase electricity from IPP’s????, Spectrum licensing to be finalized by yr end????, new plan for youth unemployment, training colleges return????, Commercialization of hemp ????????; Unions SAA retrenchments case dismissed✈️; Eskom begins process for voluntary exits????;PIC concerned about suggestions it will bailout Eskom????; Mkhwebane’s bday bash shocks as guests include those under investigation by her own office????; SA will become a banana republic if judiciary is undermined insists Ramola????;state prying into SAA may derail business rescue????; crisis hit Post Office suspends new CEO????; Labour puts breaks on its own Eskom rescue plan????; SAA may sell its two coveted Heathrow landing spots????; ABSA renaming across Africa now complete????; unemployment rate remains steady,highest rate since 2008????; SA factory output slumps 5.9% in December????; competition commission approves PepsiCo takeover of Pioneer ????; end of era,AngloGold sells last SA assets????; festive season fails to lift gloomy retail figures↘️; SA lost over 250 listed companies since 2000????; SARB moves to dispose of stake in African Bank????; internationally, coronavirus death toll tops 1526 with infections topping 67000????; Javed quits as UK finance minster, BOJO reshuffles cabinet????; Trump turns on EU as German exports to US hit record high????; EU rebuffs Britain’s bid for “permanent equivalence”????; global inflation could catch nations flat footed????; UK warns of stricter controls & costs in post Brexit EU trade????????; Merkels “heir apparent” falls on her sword, German political uncertainty⌛; sighs of relief as floodwaters hit Australia☔; Afghan reconstruction costs US $130 billion & 5100 lives????????; Sinn Fein soars in Irish polls, looks to coalition????; indices, JSE@57861⬆; DOW@29313⬆; FTSE@7409⬇; R/$14.91; R/£19.44; R/€16.16; Bitcoin $10262; sports front, 1-a-piece as Proteas come agonizingly close to T20 victory????; Man City barred from Champions League for 2 yrs for breaching financial fair play rules⚽; SA’s kholo Montsi crowned African Junior tennis champ????????( Thanks to Dan Thomalla)
So …..As we start driving the 2020 year ,what real Leadership change will we embark on in 2020 ?